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701 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 7.9 (Paul A. Gordon)
… his vote, the church as such should hold itself entirely aloof from politics. It is one thing for the individual members of the church to vote, and another thing …
702 Seventh-day Adventists and Life Insurance, p. 1 (Kalapala J. Moses)
1. Background of the Issue 2 2. Ellen G. White and Life Insurance 3 3. Insurance Practices in the Late Nineteenth Century 5 4. Provision for the Time of Need 5 5. Conclusion 6 6. Voted: 8
704 The Salamanca Vision and the 1890 Diary, p. 73.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… majority vote to drop the Sentinel and start another paper as the organ of the Religious Liberty Association.
705 The Spirit of Prophecy and Military Service
… their votes in the town election of the next day, lending support to men running for office who stood for temperance principles. See Temperance, 255-256 .
706 The Spirit of Prophecy and Military Service, p. 2.3 (William C. White)
… should vote for him. His election in November was followed in a few weeks by the beginning of the secession of the Southern States. South Carolina passed the …
707 The Spirit of Prophecy and Military Service, p. 6.4 (William C. White)
… audience voted down the proposal of a committee to recommend a bounty of $100.00 for each volunteer, and substituted an offer of $200.00 in its place. A committee …
708 Spirit of Prophecy Counsels Relating To Church-State Relationships
The question of voting, political agitation, political office, etc.
709 Spirit of Prophecy Counsels Relating To Church-State Relationships, p. 104.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… safety vote for political parties; for we do not know whom we are voting for. We cannot with safety take part in any political schemes. We cannot labor to please …
710 Spirit of Prophecy Counsels Relating To Church-State Relationships, p. 105.5 (Ellen Gould White)
… your vote with them or for them. Those who stand as educators, as ministers, as laborers together with God in any line, have no battles to fight in the political …
711 Spirit of Prophecy Counsels Relating To Church-State Relationships, p. 111.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… your vote in political questions, you are not to proclaim it by pen or voice. Our people need to be silent upon questions which have no relation to the third …
712 Spirit of Prophecy Counsels Relating To Church-State Relationships, p. 111.4 (Ellen Gould White)
He who breaks one precept of the commandments of God is a transgressor of the whole law. Keep your voting to yourself. Do not feel it your duty to urge everyone to do as you do.—( Letter 4, 1898 .) Selected Messages 2:336, 337 .
713 Spirit of Prophecy Counsels Relating To Church-State Relationships, p. 114 (Ellen Gould White)
Our Pioneers Reach An Important Decision On Voting 3Note: Excerpt from E. G. White diary, Sunday, March 6, 1859
714 Spirit of Prophecy Counsels Relating To Church-State Relationships, p. 114.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… his vote. Brother [Josiah] Hart talks well. Brother [Henry] Lyon opposes. No others object to voting, but Brother [J.P.] Kellogg begins to feel that it is right. Pleasant …
715 Spirit of Prophecy Counsels Relating To Church-State Relationships, p. 114.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… not voting and expressed hopes that they will stick to their course and, like the Quakers, not cast their vote. Satan and his evil angels are busy at this time …
716 Spirit of Prophecy Counsels Relating To Church-State Relationships, p. 115 (Ellen Gould White)
In 1881 Counselled To Vote
717 Spirit of Prophecy Counsels Relating To Church-State Relationships, p. 115.1 (Ellen Gould White)
A question on voting in favor of prohibition, or the restraint of the liquor traffic, was raised at a camp meeting held at Des Moines, Iowa, early in the summer of 1881. A proposed action was placed before the delegates which read:
718 Spirit of Prophecy Counsels Relating To Church-State Relationships, p. 115.3 (Ellen Gould White)
Writing of it at the time she says: “I dressed and found I was to speak to the point of whether our people should vote for prohibition. I told them ‘Yes,’ and spoke twenty minutes.”— Letter 6, 1881. Quoted in Temperance, 255 .
719 Spirit of Prophecy Counsels Relating To Church-State Relationships, p. 116.2 (Ellen Gould White)
“In our favored land, every voter has some voice in determining what laws shall control the nation. Should not that influence and that vote be cast on the side of temperance and virtue?....
720 Spirit of Prophecy Counsels Relating To Church-State Relationships, p. 116.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… and vote—in favor of prohibition and total abstinence. We need not expect that God will work a miracle to bring about this reform, and thus remove the necessity …